Maroondah Reservoir chords

Maroondah Reservoir

• F#m11

Written by Richards/Augie March 
Transcribed by Tim Byron  
 
The biggest rock song on "Sunset Studies," and is in 4/4 and standard  
tuning. Play the big rawk riff in the middle to your heart's  
content. 
 
   F#m11 E      
To be  a bee, a moth 
F#m11                                   E 
Four wings spread for the soft last touch 
         A 
Of glory sun 
                  E                  A 
Remembering blood plums and lips and lemons 
                      E 
One hundred different suns  
                       D 
In a hundred different heavens 
F               A     D#m 
Spied from a rowboat, stroke 
    G        F#m 
And nought is spoken 
  A        D#m          G       E 
Before you know it the spell is broken 
D                E 
You might wonder where you are 
A        D#m    G      F#m11 
Floating on the reservoir 
       E 
I have counted the notes 
   F#m11 
We landed here not many years ago  
                        E               A 
And it was not a pretty song that we composed 
          E 
La la la, the early bird he knows 
    A 
You hang from the cherry bough 
            D                    F 
When you're lichen yourself, and leave 
    A         D#m      G        F#m  
The cold cold scent of stone and mulch 
   A         D#m      G         E 
A great stone wall to stave the rush 
   D                      E 
To think that peace might be too much 
A       D#m     C   B   
Waiting for the giant  
 
  A5      D#5     G5   F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5   D#5     G5    F5 F# G5 Ab5   
e------------------------------------------------------------------ 
b------------------------------------------------------------------ 
g---------6-6-----------------------------6-6---------------------- 
d-7-7-----6-6-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-7-7-----6-6-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-- 
a-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----3-4-5-6-- 
e-5-5-------------3-3-----1-2-3-4-5-5-------------3-3-----1-2-3-4-- 
  touch. 
 
  D               Dm                A5   D#5     G5       E   
e-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------0-------- 
b-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------0-------- 
g-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------6-6-------------1-------- 
d-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-----6-6-----5-5-----2-------- 
a-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-----2-------- 
e---------------------------------5-5-------------3-3-----0--------
 
 
 
    F#m11     E  
The lake, the fir fringed lake 
F#m11 
Placid and ample, birded, breezed and dappled 
            E 
Through the mountain break 
                     A 
Through the mountain break 
      E                A       D    F 
A moment, take a moment, a moment 
A  
You might wonder where you are 
D#m 
Perched above the reservoir 
G 
Adolf in the White hotel 
E 
All this time we've been in hell 
A        D#m     G         F#m 
You might wonder where you are 
A        D#m      G    E 
Perched above the reservoir 
D           E 
Luis of the Lake retire 
  A         D#m     D       A 
Before they set the lake on fire 
  A         E       D       A 
Before they set the lake on fire 
  A         E       C    B  F#m11      
Before they set the lake on fire. 
 
{play the F#m11 E progression a few times as the outro} 
  

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